Opinion
By Judge John Marshall Meisburg, Jr.
11/04/24
For decades, there has been a demonic attack upon our public school system in America. In the 1970’s, a very liberal Supreme Court took prayer, Bible and God out of the public schools, creating a spiritual vacuum that resulted in great evil coming in. Secular humanism became the religion and god of the public schools. Little children were taken down the path of darkness, instead of the path of light. We are now reaping the whirlwind as a nation.
But something even more evil is now happening. The liberals like George Soros, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU have now actually placed pornographic books in our public school libraries. Books that used to be only found in X rated bookstores are now found in the libraries of our public elementary and middle and high schools!
Nassau County is no exception. The Christian ministry Citizens Defending Freedom (CDF) has now identified 46 pornographic books in the libraries of the public schools of Nassau County. All of these books are in violation of Florida law. CDF was able to remove a number of such books by objection. But a lawsuit was filed by the liberals and the School Board settled the suit by actually putting these awful books back in the schools. The School Board was afraid to take a stand for righteousness. They did not want to spend the money needed to fight the lawsuit, even though Christian legal groups probably would have represented them for no charge. At a recent hearing before the School Board, several speakers attacked Christians in very hateful terms, and only one person stood up to object to a book.
Now is the time for the Christian community to take a stand on this issue, and stand up for righteousness in our schools. Florida law says that books that are pornographic, and “depicts or describes sexual conduct” are not allowed in the schools. The law also says that any resident of Nassau County can object to one book per month, but a parent of a student can object to an unlimited number of books. So, I am urging every church in the county to urge their congregation to start filing objections to these books. The CDF has a list of 22 and 24 books (46 total) that are pornographic. We need to flood the School Board with objections to all of these 46 books. Below is a flyer that tells the Christians of Nassau County how to object to these 46 pornographic books. You can copy this flyer and distribute it to your church on Sunday morning. And, I believe that every pastor in the county should address this issue from the pulpit. We need to insure that the young people in the public schools are only reading great literature that educates, uplifts them, and makes them great citizens. Indeed, the Psalms of David are even greater than the Sonnets of Shakespeare, and the Supreme Court has now said that the Bible can be taught as literature in the public school classrooms. Let’s have our young people read the Bible, and other great literature, not pornography!
The Bible says: “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” Ephesians 5:11. The same people that support the unlimited right to abortion are also advocating pornography and sexual sin and perversion in our schools. Now is the time for the Christians of our county to expose this evil and have in banned. The very souls of our young people, and the next generation of America are at stake. Florida Governor DeSantis is on our side on this issue. If the Nassau County School Board fails to remove these books, we can appeal their decision to the State Board of Education, and if necessary take court action. Now is the time to act.
HOW TO OBJECT TO PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS IN
THE NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REVIEW OBJECTIONAL BOOKS ON LINE AT THE WEBSITE FOR CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOMhttps://www.counties.citizensdefendingfreedom.com/app/uploads/sites/9/2024/09/Nassau-County-School-Library-Books-9.8.23.pdf
- SEND A EMAIL TO ASSISTANT SUPT DURHAM SAYING YOU WANT TO OBJECT TO A CERTAIN BOOK AS PORNOGRAPHIC. HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS:[email protected]
- ASST. SUPT DURHAM WILL REPLY TO YOUR EMAIL AND SEND YOU A FORM TO COMPLETE.
- COMPLETE AND SIGN THE FORM AND RETURN IT TO HIM BY EMAIL, OR REGULAR MAIL
- THE BOOK WILL BE REMOVED WITHIN 5 DAYS FOR REVIEW.
- A REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL BE APPOINTED TO REVIEW THE BOOK. THEY WILL GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO WILL VOTE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE SUPERINTENDANT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH HER DECISION, YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN TALLAHASSEE.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR- JUDGE JOHN MARSHALL MEISBURG JR.
Judge John Marshall Meisburg, Jr., was a U.S. Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration for 26 years in Jacksonville, Florida. He retired as a judge in 2021 and is now practicing law in Fernandina Beach. He has been married for 44 years to Dr. Denise Meisburg, a Christian counselor. They have six children and 11 grandchildren. Prior to being a judge, he was a lawyer with the Federal government for 23 years, serving in all three branches of the government, with the U.S. District Court, EEOC, Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Special Counsel and FDIC. He was in the private law practice one year in Washington, D.C. and filed the lawsuit that became the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on sexual harassment. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Kentucky, and a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law. He is a member of the Bar of Florida and Kentucky. He is a lifelong Christian, being raised in the Baptist faith in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an Elder at New Life Christian Fellowship in Jacksonville where he taught Sunday School, the Jewish Roots of the Faith and the Christian Heritage of America. He was a leader of both the National Day of Prayer and the House of Prayer in Jacksonville for over ten years. He has published 12 books relating to Christian and legal issues. He is now a member of Living Waters World Outreach Center in Fernandina Beach, where he serves in the prayer and home group ministry, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Faith Christian Academy. He is now an Honored Listee in the Marquis Who’s Who in America.
The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Citizens Journal Florida
